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Period: 1415 to
Age of Exploration
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1424
Albert II of Habsburg becomes the Holy Roman Emperor
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Period: 1438 to
Habsburg Dynasty
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Period: 1450 to 1550
Italian Renaissance
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Period: 1450 to
Northern Renaissance
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1453
First Gutenberg Bible Published
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Period: 1455 to 1487
War of Roses (over the English Throne)
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1469
Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon marry
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1474
Isabella I becomes Queen of Spain
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1479
Ferdinand II becomes King of Aragon
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Period: 1485 to
Tudor Dynasty
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Sep 22, 1485
Henry VII was crowned on the English throne
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1488
Dias's Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope
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1492
Columbus sails west (to the Americas)
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Period: 1492 to
Columbian Exchange
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Period: 1492 to
Commercial Revolution
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1494
Double-Entry Bookkeeping Starts
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Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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1498
Vasco de Gama's first voyage to India
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1509
Henry VIII is crowned
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1510
Erasmus Published The Praise of Folly
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1516
More's Publication of More
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1516
Charles V of Habsburg becomes King of Spain
He is Charles I of Spain though. -
1517
Luther's 95 Theses
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Period: 1517 to 1522
Magellan's voyage around the world
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Period: 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
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Period: 1519 to 1521
Spanish conquers Aztec Empire
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Period: 1526 to
Slave Trade
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Period: 1526 to
Triangular Trade
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1528
Castiglione's Publication of the Book of the Courtier
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1531
Machiavell's Publication of The Prince
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Period: 1532 to 1572
Spanish conquers the Incas
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Feb 20, 1547
Edward VI is crowned on the English throne
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Oct 1, 1553
Mary I is crowned on the English throne
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Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I of England takes the throne
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Spanish Armada defeat from English
Failed invasion. -
James I of Scotland is crowned in England
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Establishment of Jamestown
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Period: to
Thirty Years War
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British Abolishment of Slave Trade